Another regurgitation of the typical popular article that covers this topic every year. Yes, it's superficial; yes, it has to quote a Baptist pastor who gives little indication of ever having thought deeply about the subject. BUT ... it offers some new things, like...
extraterrestrial life
Vatican Baptizes ET
It's not Balducci speaking (yet). There have been a lot of articles lately on how the Vatican's chief astronomer says there might be ETs. I'm trying not to yawn. Actually, this is OLD news--as in CENTURIES and even a MILLENNIUM old. Amazing how people don't know that...